Marathon Digital (MARA) Competitors

Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) and Toast (NYSE:TOST) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MARA or TOST?

44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Toast shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Marathon Digital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Toast shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MARA or TOST?

Marathon Digital received 232 more outperform votes than Toast when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.69% of users gave Marathon Digital an outperform vote while only 40.70% of users gave Toast an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Marathon Digital	Outperform Votes 313 53.69%	Underperform Votes 270 46.31%
Toast	Outperform Votes 81 40.70%	Underperform Votes 118 59.30%

Which has more volatility & risk, MARA or TOST?

Marathon Digital has a beta of 6.61, suggesting that its share price is 561% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toast has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MARA or TOST more profitable?

Toast has a net margin of 3.04% compared to Marathon Digital's net margin of -46.68%. Toast's return on equity of 11.01% beat Marathon Digital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marathon Digital	-46.68%	6.33%	4.24%
Toast	3.04%	11.01%	6.97%

Does the media favor MARA or TOST?

In the previous week, Marathon Digital had 10 more articles in the media than Toast. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Marathon Digital and 9 mentions for Toast. Toast's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Marathon Digital's score of 0.18 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Marathon Digital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Toast	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer MARA or TOST?

Marathon Digital currently has a consensus price target of $20.94, indicating a potential upside of 46.26%. Toast has a consensus price target of $41.21, indicating a potential downside of 2.74%. Given Marathon Digital's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Marathon Digital is more favorable than Toast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marathon Digital	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Toast	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better earnings and valuation, MARA or TOST?

Marathon Digital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Toast. Marathon Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Marathon Digital	$705.06M	7.15	$541.25M	-$1.45	-9.88
Toast	$4.96B	4.25	$19M	$0.23	184.22

Summary

Toast beats Marathon Digital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.